I'm older now, and simple beer pleasures are the most meaningful to me. They tend to be encountered locally. It is my aim to get unplugged and explore some of them, slowly and thoughtfully. I'd tell you where it's leading, except that I've no idea ... and that's the whole point of the journey: To find out.

Friday, June 03, 2005

Indiana Package Stores: Please help edit and augment the Curmudgeon's area good beer selections.

Readers, this is the first of several posts that provide sections of my forthcoming Good Beer Guide to Kentuckiana, which will be posted at the Potable Curmudgeon web site.

Your help is badly needed. What have I gotten wrong, forgotten, omitted?

------------INDIANA PACKAGE STORES

Bridge Liquors110 Knable Lane812-945-6396Located near Floyd Memorial Hospital, this decades-old, family-owned business has enjoyed sustainable evolutionary growth over the years, and only recently expanded again, doubling the stores’ floor space. Bridge Liquors is aggressively pursuing the local craft beer consumer with a broadened selection of microbrews and imports.

Old Mill Wine & Spirits2876 Charlestown Road, New Albany812-941-1350Since the mid-1990’s, Old Mill has stocked the widest overall variety of beer, wine and spirits, with its wine selection especially drawing plaudits from Louisville critics – no mean feat. The beer selection remains far above average, but Bridge is nipping at Old Mill’s heels, and in the view of many, may already have surpassed it.